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Independent Florida Alligator
Thursday, November 18, 2004

Pizza drivers try national union; first vote fails

Nashville, Tenn (AP)

A fledgling national union for pizza drivers is
demanding better wages and training, saying
the large chains have been taking advantage
of them for years.

The effort has attracted the attention of the
Teamsters union, but the Association of
Pizza Delivery Drivers, based in Hendersonville,
has yet to organize its first shop.

A vote at a Domino's franchise in Lincoln, Neb.,
faled Tuesday night on a 2-2 vote.  But
organizers expect a better result next week
when Pizza Hut drivers vote in Columbus, Ohio.

Tim Lockwood, treasurer of the pizza delivery
union, said getting the first vote itself was a
huge victory.  After all, the union started
just a couple of years ago with a few drivers
talking in an Internet chat room about
unfair working conditions.

"It's sort of like the thing reached critical
mass."  We built a Web site and they
came," said Lockwood, a pizza delivery
driver who declined to identify the
company he works for.

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